To be honest, I've thought about the religion thing and wondered a "pipe dream" ... what if everyone were the same religion ?? ... would there still be world conflicts ?? And I believe there would still be wars and violence. Some countries are ruled by one man that wants all the power and wants to expand it or keep it private with no outside interference and maintain total government control. Some countries don't recognize religion at all ... or seek to destroy all religions within their country. And some countries just don't like other countries for whatever reason.
Men will fight men over geographic anomalies if not religion. "There will always be wars and rumors of wars" ... but in some cases, I think life might be a little different and maybe even a little better without the religion factor.
Religion in North Korea:
Officially, North Korea is an atheist state, although its constitution guarantees free exercise of religion, provided that religious practice does not introduce foreign forces, harm the state, or harm the existing social order. Based on estimates from the late 1990s and the 2000s, North Korea is mostly irreligious, with the main religions being Shamanism and Chondoism.
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Religion in North Korea
Religion in China:
The People's Republic of China is officially an atheist state, but the government formally recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism are recognized separately), and Islam. In the early 21st century, there has been increasing official recognition of Confucianism and Chinese folk religion as part of China's cultural heritage.
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Religion in China
Religion in the Soviet Union:
Religion in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was dominated by the fact that it became the first state to have as one objective of its official ideology the elimination of existing religion, and the prevention of future implanting of religious belief, with the goal of establishing state atheism (
gosateizm).
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